LSN Session Columbus 2016

The LSN session in Columbus 2016 on library services to persons experiencing homelessness from different perspectives, including the users perspective, was a part of the work on developing guidelines for these services.

Chair: Nancy Bolt, Nancy Bolt & Associates, United States

1. Overview of First Draft of Guidelines for Library Services to People Experiencing Homelessness and A Brief Overview of Services to Youth Experiencing Homelessness Without Parents or Guardians
Julie Ann Winkelstein, University of Tennessee, United StatesPaper in EnglishPresentation in English

2. Video: What do users say about library services for people experiencing homelessness?
Sanja Bunic, Zagreb City Libraries, CroatiaVideo

5. People Experiencing Homelessness: How Libraries Can be Community Collaborators & Catalysts for Change
Elizabeth J. Skinner, Forsyth County Public Library, United StatesPaper in EnglishPresentation in English

6. No One Left Behind: Implementing United National Sustainable Development Goals
Akiko Ito, United Nations, JapanPresentation in English

Review of the draft of the guidelines (ended)

The LSN and Working Group on Guidelines for Library Services to People Experiencing Homelessness invites you to review the draft of the Guidelines for Library Services to People Experiencing Homelessness (PDF) (DOC).

Terms of reference

Give comments and suggestions as to whether the content includes the most important aspects of the organization and development of library services to people experiencing homelessness

Give comments and suggestions about adequate coverage and balance between the various aspects

We appreciate your comments and suggestions. The final date of the worldwide review is May 21, 2017.

Poster presented at the WLIC 2017 in Wroclaw

Sanja Bunic presented the poster Story Behind the Guidelines: Developing the Guidelines for Library Services to People Experiencing Homelessness at the 2017 WLIC. The poster and further information is available in the IFLA Library.